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Huebner suspects, though, that Haddad’s ultra-inclusiveness might not satisfy all Signet members. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some people have some hesitations about it being on the move,” he said, but he claimed to have seen no such hesitation...
...Canadian, it is heartwarming that Canada, and what it represents, is embraced by many outside of the nation’s borders. The problem, though, is that Canada is not as unified as it may seem. Canadians are not universally liberal; there are, in fact, many ultra-right Canadians burgeoning in some of Canada’s more conservative provinces. Canada will not be the same if, because of Chretien’s cronyism, the Conservative Party is able to seize power. It will be incredibly ironic if the Canadian Liberal Party, which has worked to make Canada increasingly progressive...
...most significant break from the past is this: neoconservative views have become mainstream in Japan. Shintaro Ishihara, who was once considered a fringe ultra-nationalist, is now the wildly popular governor of Tokyo. And with the socialist and communist parties effectively defunct, there are far more conservatives in parliament than ever before. The boiler room of the neocon network is the "Young Diet Members' Group for Establishing Security Framework for the New Century." This multiparty coalition of about 270 Diet members was co-founded in 2001 by young, influential lawmakers, including former defense chief Shigeru Ishiba and Seiji Maehara...
Brian J. Wannop ’05 investigated the Harvard Corporation, Harvard’s ultra-secret and semi-omnipotent governing board...
...Hyundai conglomerate, including a steel company, a pipemaker, a shipping-container manufacturer, and Hyundai Motor's service business. When Chung began broadcasting his intention to turn Hyundai into a top-five automaker, few outside the company took him seriously. Hyundai, like many family-controlled Korean companies, was ultra-hierarchical and slow to change. Managers rarely cooperated with one another and division chiefs ran their operations as personal fiefdoms. "When a problem occurred, each division would blame other divisions," says Lee Hyun Soon, a senior executive in research and development...